rsv 2Corinthians:5:11-6 SEEK
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Therefore ,
knowing the fear of the Lord ,
we persuade men ;
but what we are is known to God ,
and I hope it is known also to your conscience .
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We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us ,
so that you may be able to answer those who pride themselves on a man '
s position and not on his heart .
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For if we are beside ourselves ,
it is for God ;
if we are in our right mind ,
it is for you .
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For the love of Christ controls us ,
because we are convinced that one has died for all ;
therefore all have died .
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And he died for all ,
that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised .
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From now on ,
therefore ,
we regard no one from a human point of view ;
even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view ,
we regard him thus no longer .
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Therefore ,
if any one is in Christ ,
he is a new creation ;
the old has passed away ,
behold ,
the new has come .
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All this is from God ,
who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation ;
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that is ,
in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself ,
not counting their trespasses against them ,
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation .
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So we are ambassadors for Christ ,
God making his appeal through us .
We beseech you on behalf of Christ ,
be reconciled to God .
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For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin ,
so that in him we might become the righteousness of God .